A quick drive from In Hand Health’s headquarters in Overland Park, KS, offers a dramatic change in scenery depending on which way you are headed. Spend a half hour headed north, you will navigate 8-lane freeways, traffic, and probably a road construction project or two before settling in the recently revitalized downtown of Kansas City, … Continue reading The Long and Short of Telehealth for Physical Therapists
It was crowded but I managed to find a seat at the keynote presentation of a physical therapy conference I was attending recently. I was still getting settled, scanning the conference agenda for the day in one hand and balancing a hot coffee in the other when the speaker’s words snapped me to attention. “There … Continue reading 11 Ways I Became More Effective as a Physical Therapy Clinic Owner
A little encouragement can go a long way. It’s cliché, sure, but it is also fact according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medial Association. The JAMA study included 700 people with heart disease. Half the group received four text messages per week that were customized to its specific needs … Continue reading The Benefit of Constant Contact
Patients seek physical therapy for a variety of reasons. Many get referrals from their primary physicians following surgery or after experiencing an injury from a specific event such as a twisted ankle in a pickup basketball game. Lingering dull or debilitating pain in the back, shoulder, or other body part also sends many people to … Continue reading Keep PT Patients Coming Back for More
A patient’s candid feedback and accurate description of pain goes a long way in helping physical therapists design a successful rehabilitation program. The same patient venturing into self-diagnosis and creating his or her own exercise program is less desirable. However, that is effectively what many potential PT patients do. In a sure sign of the … Continue reading Let’s Keep the PT Involved
What are you looking for when you seek healthcare or experience a healthcare crisis? What if: You could quickly message your doctor or healthcare professional to find out what to do next. There was an easy-to-use solution that saved you time and copays or other out-of-pocket costs. You had direct access to the experts instead … Continue reading Improving Physical Therapy with Accountability, Accessibility, and Advocacy
Years ago, I was living the dream as a pseudo-big leaguer at the Kansas City Royals fantasy camp in Arizona. I was having the time of my life, playing the games during the day and hanging out with my friends and ex-major league players at night. In all the fun, I must’ve missed the instruction … Continue reading Some Royal Reasons Why In Hand Health Had to Happen
In Hand Health wishes all PTs a Happy National Physical Therapy Month and salutes the work you do to help people feel and move better for more productive everyday lives. See MoveForwardPT.com for more information on the celebration. We are particularly fond of this list of 9 Physical Therapy Tips to Help You #AgeWell. (Note … Continue reading Happy National Physical Therapy Month
We’ve done the virtual office thing. We’ve tried shared/temporary spaces too. So after more than a year of GitHub, Slack, and the occasional email, we are happy to be in our permanent office. It’s already business as usual after a few short days. The movers have delivered the furniture. Our network is up (finally AT&T!) and we are already … Continue reading Moving Day and Pilots
